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Cut the check, get the service.
This is the modus operandi of public and private utilities everywhere. So long as the money ends up in the right hands, the water keeps flowing and the lights stay on.
If you live in Belmont, the check for the water bill ends up in the hands of the Mid-Peninsula Water District, a public agency headquartered at 3 Dairy Lane just next to US-101. They in turn purchase and pipe water originally from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, through the San Francisco Regional Water System, to the homes of Belmont residents as well as those living in small portions of San Carlos, Redwood City, and unincorporated San Mateo County.

No matter what country or state, almost everybody agrees that teachers make up a crucial role in society. Unfortunately, California is experiencing a massive teacher shortage.
Legislators in California recently introduced a bill that would offer educators tax breaks in an effort to keep them in the...

California is now one of three states that has elected that vaccine exemptions based on religious or personal preferences are no longer legal.
In Sacramento on April 23, 2015, the California senate voted 25-10 to pass the measure SB 277 after compromising on minor issues.
Democratic Sen. Richard...

A legislative push to permit California’s public universities to once again consider race and ethnicity in admissions appears to be on life support after an intense backlash from the Asian-American community, who fear it will make it harder for their children to get into good schools.
The Califor...

Brace yourselves, gentlemen, the future of the condom industry is dealing with a whole new “supercondom.”
Bill Gates, the creator of the multi-billion dollar Microsoft Corporation, has recently gained the public’s attention when he awarded 11 out of 812 applicants $100,000 for developing ideas...